If you are not a Fiesta Fan already but love cooking or at least eating, or in fact looking at beautiful photography, please pop by her blog, it’s well worth the time, I promise you ;-D

Now if you also are interested in trying this recipe, take a gander at her version, because as much as I have re-iterated the bulk of info her’s in fact gives much more information than mine.

Now seriously I had never made a batter before and well I did what most men do when they buy Ikea furniture (hides from any men now), I didn’t read the instructions properly. I totally missed that there were TWO batters and that there was a SAUCE…oh my!

What did I do?

I somehow managed to read ingredients from both batters, reading them as one and made some kind of hybrid batter.

I then got out a mini fat fryer that my mother had as new, I point out at this point she passed away some years back and the thing had never been used.

It was missing the handle which at the time I did not think important but oh boy it is very important when trying to prize congealed chicken and batter off the metal basket, which without a handle to lift it out and fat spitting at you is a pretty scary experience.

Also there were no instructions and the lid was cracked, so a lot of hissing could be heard, I half expected a dragon to come flying out every time I lifted the lid or for the whole contraption to explode at some point.

For health and safety reasons it has now found a lovely home in the bin! Don’t say I don’t put myself in danger for you Angie… 😀

The fun didn’t stop there, also at the last minute I spotted that there was a sauce, thinking my escapade over I gave a sigh of horror and got preparing again.

So folks please pop by her blog and read the ‘full’ recipe LOL.

Evidence of my cooking below – PS hers looks much better too!!

OH BOY THOUGH THIS TASTES REALLY REALLY GOOD AND WELL WORTH THE EFFORT, YOU ARE MISSING OUT IF YOU DO NOT TRY THIS RECIPE I PROMISE YOU.

Sesame chicken

Sesame chicken

Sesame chicken

Tangerine/Orange Sesame Chicken – as written by Angie from the Novice Gardener

To fry the chicken
1 Heat vegetable oil in a fryer or wok or skillet over medium-high heat. The oil should reach at least 1 inch high inside the pan.
2. Working in batches, dip chicken pieces, one at a time, first into the wet batter, then roll or dredge on the dry batter.
3. Fry until golden and chicken is cooked. Drain on paper towels and set aside.

1. Place all ingredients, except for the sesame seed oil, in a saucepan. Whisk until well combined.
2. Heat on medium-high heat, while whisking continuously, until sauce is bubbly and thickened.
3. Add sesame seed oil. Only a dash of the strong stuff.

I made fried rice tonight after a long day out with friends. I will get the ingredients for the chicken in the next day or two I think. I got a recipe book for christmas and it has some yummy-sounding Asian soups that I’m dying to try as well x.

I’m so glad that you made one of Angie’s dishes! I’m so excited to be co-hosting this week because Fiesta Friday is truly one of my favorite days of the week. Your chicken dish looks tasty as well, and I’m sure it will be eaten up quickly at the party! I have a few other dishes that I’ve seen at fiestas that I want to make, so I’m going to have to catch up. 🙂

ah yes, well her dish is fabulous, i have been doing ff since it first opened and Angie was my first follower, grins, so I feel terribly bad if I think I cannot make it lol. It has also changed so much from the beginning also, angies pics and dishes are amazing as are others, i save some and my list of to do foods is growing out of control lol x

I know, it was a fab recipe, quite intricate with the batters, hence i went wrong lol, however my hybrid batter worked well though I had to throw the fat fryer away haha. Please do try it and let me and Angie know how much you loved it, because i cant see any way how you wouldnt hehe x

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